Amegu Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Amegu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 511 | 1:346,659 | 18,769 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Amegu (42) may also be a first name.
Amegu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amegu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amegu is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amegu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amegu is the 585,898th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,647,090 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Amegu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 42 people.
The last name Amegu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 511 people, or 1 in 346,659. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 91 percent live, Delta, where 3 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amaegu | 91 | 18 | / |
| Ameagu | 91 | 7 | / |
| Amegou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Amegoud | 83 | 9 | / |
| Amegouz | 83 | 9 | / |
| Gamegou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amogu | 80 | 1,945 | / |
| Amagu | 80 | 1,577 | / |
| Emegu | 80 | 434 | / |
| Omegu | 80 | 186 | / |
| Amigu | 80 | 27 | / |
| Amigud | 73 | 68 | / |
| Omeagu | 73 | 59 | / |
| Amigou | 73 | 57 | / |
| Amigus | 73 | 51 | / |
| Emeghu | 73 | 23 | / |
| Aimagu | 73 | 19 | / |
| Emegou | 73 | 18 | / |
| Hamigu | 73 | 17 | / |
| Amigau | 73 | 11 | / |
| Amigut | 73 | 7 | / |
| Emeagu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Aumigu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omaegu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omoegu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aymogu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omeguh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omegus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amaingu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Amigoud | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amaggou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amajgou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hamigou | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Amegu
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